The first offshore wind energy project to be developed in Canada’s waters may soon become a reality after British Columbia-based renewable energy company NaiKun Wind Energy Group and the Council of the Haida Nation formed a partnership that will operate and maintain the NaiKun wind energy project after construction.
The NaiKun project is to be located [...]
Municipal approval has been received by Greengate Power Corporation (”Greengate”) from Wheatland County for the construction of its 150MW Wintering Hills Wind Project in Central Alberta. With the approval of this permit, Greengate has now received municipal approvals for four of its Alberta wind projects which now totals 700MW.
Greengate expects to begin construction on the [...]
A 50-50 joint venture partnership has been formed between the Tsilhqot’in Government and Western Biomass Power Corp to construct and operate a biomass power plant west of the Fraser River, British Columbia. The partnership will form the Tsilhqot’in Power Corporation (”TCP”).
A detailed engineering study as well as a fiber supply analysis has been completed by [...]
The Bay of Fundy is once again the centre of attention as the enormous tidal energy potential of the water in the surrounding area is up for grabs. Hantsport’s Minas Basin Pulp and Power recently won a location to test an underwater turbine in the waters on the Nova Scotia side of the bay, it [...]
Finavera Renewables has begun construction on the first phase of the Three Hills Wind Power project. This is a two phase project that will result in a total power capacity of 150 MW with each phase supplying 75 MW. The first phase has been titled Ghost Pine with construction due to begin in 2008 and the [...]
New York based power company Verdant Power have proposed the Cornwall Ontario River Energy (CORE) project that will put tidal turbines on the floor the St Lawrence River between New York and Ontario. This project will demonstrate the feasibility and commercial viability of the company’s Free Flow™ Turbine.
The project is projected at 15MW with the current of the St Lawrence River [...]
